Junior League of Buffalo Show House 2011

Looking for something to do this spring.

Why not spend an afternoon reliving history.

This year's show house is the Bayliss-Oshei Residence located at

360 Depew Avenue in Buffalo.

This event runs from April 30 through May 22, 2011. Tickets are $20.00.

William H. Bayliss commissioned Buffalo architect Harvey Staring Horton to create plans for this beautiful tudor style home.In 1935 it became the full time residence of William Bayliss,his wife Bessie Cowan and his two children James and Mary Elizabeth. Bayliss chose this location because his wife wanted to be able to walk to Central Park United Methodist Church.

In 1954, two years after the death of her mother Bessie Bayliss, Mary Elizabeth and her husband purchased 360 Depew from the Bayliss estate and made it their home for the next 55 years.

Robert and Mary Bayliss Oshei raised five children at the home: Robert Oshei passed away in 1999. Mary Bayliss Oshei would live in the home until her death in September 2009 at the age of 89.

For more history regarding this influential family and the history of this great home please visit www.forgottenbuffalo.com/baylissosheiresidence